Elegant Fragrance Garden

Li Yunjing initially assumed these Divine Firmament Jade Records were like mundane books, requiring nothing more than standard reading and page-turning.

He never imagined that once a Divine Firmament Dao Sect jade record was opened, it would not only provide audio explanations but also visual guidance.

If I can't learn it with this, wouldn't I be a pig?

The Qi Refining Formula Li Yunjing had obtained previously required diligent study; there was no such thing as this television-like method!

Li Yunjing truly broadened his horizons this time. If he hadn't come to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect and had instead continued to drift through the mortal world, wouldn't he have only grown weaker?

Following the movements displayed by the records, Li Yunjing practiced the Divine Firmament Dao techniques once and couldn't help but marvel. The foundational knowledge here was incredibly rich, far superior to his previous Qi Refining Formula.

From circulating Qi and guiding energy to inhaling and exhaling the primordial energy of heaven and earth, every step was detailed. Some of the minor tips even allowed for increased efficiency in absorbing that energy.

With every breath and every movement, Li Yunjing felt that, according to the records of the Divine Firmament Dao, his efficiency had improved by at least threefold compared to yesterday.

Before long, Li Yunjing had mastered the new Qi refining technique.

Having mastered the technique, Li Yunjing did not lose himself in cultivation.

Time was tight; he would soon be integrated into the sect, so Li Yunjing hurriedly read through the sect's rules.

Afterward, he carefully studied the history of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect, the customs of the Great Ming Dynasty, information on other cultivation powers, as well as details on demons and dangerous exploration sites.

Naturally, he also meticulously reviewed common knowledge of the cultivation world, including the identification of magical treasures, medicinal pills, formations, spiritual objects, spiritual materials, and talismans.

This knowledge was vital, especially for Li Yunjing, as it was exactly what he lacked.

Li Yunjing read at a tremendous speed, with every image and every introduction clearly etched into his mind.

At this moment, his talent for superior wisdom and high comprehension truly shone.

These few jade records contained a massive amount of knowledge; if they had been printed as books like in his past life, they would likely have filled an entire study.

Yet, with a single glance, Li Yunjing recorded every piece of content.

The knowledge on these jade records was so detailed that through learning and reading, Li Yunjing finally understood the true worldview!

Previously, while wandering in the mortal world, much of the common knowledge he had acquired was wrong!

Now, his worldview was corrected, and he had stepped onto the right path.

It's fortunate I joined the Divine Firmament Dao Sect. Otherwise, if I had left in a fit of anger and become a rogue cultivator, my cultivation would have been flawed from the start—I wouldn't have achieved a damn thing!

Li Yunjing exclaimed repeatedly, growing more excited the more he read.

He even forgot to eat; for a full day and night, he remained in a state of high excitement.

Swimming in an ocean of knowledge and fully immersed, Li Yunjing had long forgotten fatigue and hunger.

It wasn't until noon the next day, with his eyes bloodshot and strained, that he finally understood a portion of the truth about this world.

In particular, he learned much about the affairs within the Great Ming Dynasty.

Unfortunately, the information recorded on the Divine Firmament Jade Records was outward-facing and limited to the Great Ming Dynasty.

There were only a few brief mentions of other countries and continents.

Furthermore, there was little recorded regarding the internal affairs of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

Most of the entries were from over a thousand years ago, with almost nothing regarding the inner or outer sect affairs of the last ten or twenty years.

Li Yunjing understood this to be a security measure of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

A menial disciple of such low status could only know so much.

If one wanted to know more, they had to advance—starting from an outer sect disciple and rising all the way to a true disciple!

Regarding this, Li Yunjing could only suppress the hunger in his heart.

Since the internal affairs of the sect were unclear, Li Yunjing had no choice but to keep a low profile, integrate into his identity as a menial disciple, and slowly experience the various affairs within the sect.

Putting down the jade records, Li Yunjing stood up to stretch his body, finally letting out a long yawn.

Having not eaten for a day and a night, Li Yunjing was quite hungry.

After a simple wash, he left his courtyard, preparing to head to the Menial Hall's dining hall to eat.

The disciples of the Menial Hall were all miserable wretches; naturally, they had no qualifications to use "Inedia Pills" as food.

Even among outer sect disciples, eating was a necessity.

Because the competition among outer sect disciples was extremely fierce, they had to carefully plan the contribution points and spirit stones they worked so hard to earn, prioritizing them for improving their strength.

The vast majority of outer sect disciples were unwilling to waste spirit stones on purchasing Inedia Pills, so they also needed to eat.

If outer sect disciples were like this, then menial disciples like Li Yunjing naturally required three meals a day.

One of the duties of a menial disciple was to manage the dining hall and arrange the three daily meals for both outer sect and menial disciples.

Following the guidance of the sect's information jade record, Li Yunjing walked for a quarter of an hour and found the dining hall to the east of the Menial Hall.

The dining hall was not small; it was an independent palace, three stories high, with three large characters written on the plaque above the door: "Elegant Fragrance Garden."

This was where the menial disciples of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect took their meals.

At this moment, gray-robed Daoists in groups of three or five were constantly entering and exiting the doorway.

"Let's go in and take a look!"

Li Yunjing nodded and strode into the hall. The first thing that met his eyes was a vast lobby.

The hall was bright and spacious, with glazed lamps hanging from the ceiling, casting light into every corner.

Li Yunjing took a rough glance; there were at least five or six thousand spacious seats in the hall.

Among them, many chore disciples moved about, either chatting, sitting at tables eating, or gathered in groups of three or five to discuss martial arts cultivation and various sect missions.

"The Divine Firmament Dao Sect has this many chore disciples?"

Li Yunjing opened his mouth involuntarily, his face showing shock.

Watching the scene of his fellow disciples eating before him, Li Yunjing felt incredibly stunned.

He truly had not expected that the Divine Firmament Dao Sect would recruit so many people just for chore disciples.

He had thought the entire Divine Firmament Dao Sect combined only amounted to a thousand or eight hundred people!

It turned out he was truly a frog at the bottom of a well, having thought far too simply of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

Li Yunjing did not know exactly how powerful the Daoist arts of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect were; he only knew it was the number one Daoist sect on the Tiannan Continent.

However, through the distribution of the standard-issue items for chore disciples earlier and coming here to eat, these two events made Li Yunjing truly and genuinely feel the strength of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.

The number of chore disciples was likely no less than ten thousand!

"Brother, you're here to eat too? Let me introduce myself. We're from the same intake; my name is Ma Xingyuan, a rogue cultivator from Ming Prefecture. Now, we are fellow disciples."

While Li Yunjing was lost in thought, a voice rang out from beside him.